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even if you failed that is still impressive. seems like you got a good group supporting you @Mobster its a nice gym setup
bros whether you failed or not still big
Scabbed over but healing
All, I need to do is ask
Thursday
Hammer Dumbbell Curls
Today's number is 13...
w/up, 30kg x 13, 50-kg x 13, 70kg x 13 and 90kg/198lbs x 13 (god awful hard lol)
s/s
EZ Skull Crushers
bar x 20, 29kg x 8, 59kg x 8 and 89kg x 6 (the roll in technique works)
3-Inch Wrist Roller
to 65kg/143lbs x 16
Hammer Dumbbell Curls
Today's number is 13...
w/up, 30kg x 13, 50-kg x 13, 70kg x 13 and 90kg/198lbs x 13 (god awful hard lol)
s/s
EZ Skull Crushers
bar x 20, 29kg x 8, 59kg x 8 and 89kg x 6 (the roll in technique works)
3-Inch Wrist Roller
to 65kg/143lbs x 16
@Mobster at least they are still attached to your hands lol !
@Mobster killer work on the squats man definitely putting in some killer work and some big numbers
Friday
No Gareth F (cue shock lol)
Close Grip Bench Press
to 180kg/396lbs x 4 x 1 (got better as I went along)
s/s
Lat Pulldowns
Small V shaped Mag grip 1/2 stack x 8, stack (21p) x 8 and stack + 60kg (eqv to 156kg/343lbs) x 8
GF arrived and as my joints (wrist, elbow, mid back (soreness from squat) and shoulders) were all aching I knocked the thick handled dumbbell., work on again and went to the local country park - at one point we saw 7 Buzzards at once.
No Gareth F (cue shock lol)
Close Grip Bench Press
to 180kg/396lbs x 4 x 1 (got better as I went along)
s/s
Lat Pulldowns
Small V shaped Mag grip 1/2 stack x 8, stack (21p) x 8 and stack + 60kg (eqv to 156kg/343lbs) x 8
GF arrived and as my joints (wrist, elbow, mid back (soreness from squat) and shoulders) were all aching I knocked the thick handled dumbbell., work on again and went to the local country park - at one point we saw 7 Buzzards at once.
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Stacking deep
Glad you didn't get injuredMonday
Very nearly done myself an injury. Arguably by being greedy and going off plan gym wise
Hatfield Squat
bar x 12 very quick reps, 140kg x 8 fast reps, 230kg x 8 reps, 300kg x 1 belt only rep, 380kg (I'd originally planned to do 5-8 reps with this vs my previous 4 reps at 380kg some months ago). I then loaded 470kg/1036lbs. I failed. As in coming up about 3-inches and then back down again and everyone around me(3 buddies) trying to help me. My thumbs needed yanking out of the holes in the power rack and the front of the bench I was sitting on with 1000+lbs on my shoulders (lol) was squashing my 'taint' ha ha (thank f**k not my b*lls).
Once my thumbs were out I could move about and get out from under the bar. I then called it a day. Thankfully no proper issues. There is a video
Monday
Trained with Gareth F. Time for me to back off again. Bwt down (annoying on Sus/Deca). Need to up food. Not helped by having to bin off some food when one of my cats decided to knock two ceiling tiles in my false kitchen ceiling and debris landing on my food
Hatfield Squat
w/up fast x 12, 140kg x 8, 220kg x 8 and 330kg/726lbs x 7 (proper slow and touch first rep)
Leg Press
260kg x 8, 460kg x 8 and 650kg/1400lbs x 12 (might try and beat a buddies 20 rep PR)
Lying Leg Curls
8p x 8 and 16p x 7 (started with 18p and decided to back off)
s/s
Leg Extensions
2 x 22 reps x stack
Trained with Gareth F. Time for me to back off again. Bwt down (annoying on Sus/Deca). Need to up food. Not helped by having to bin off some food when one of my cats decided to knock two ceiling tiles in my false kitchen ceiling and debris landing on my food
Hatfield Squat
w/up fast x 12, 140kg x 8, 220kg x 8 and 330kg/726lbs x 7 (proper slow and touch first rep)
Leg Press
260kg x 8, 460kg x 8 and 650kg/1400lbs x 12 (might try and beat a buddies 20 rep PR)
Lying Leg Curls
8p x 8 and 16p x 7 (started with 18p and decided to back off)
s/s
Leg Extensions
2 x 22 reps x stack
Damn Cats!! My cat is half Maine Coon and the pesky fucker goes 25lbs. When he wants something, he just takes it. Fat fucker fought off an owl in the backyard. He is huge
Attachments
Made worse by me being offered a tiny white kitten (I said no lol) on the way back from the gym ha ha (super cute though)
Do my forearms look big in this ha ha (shirt matches my eyes):
Your forearms are like jack hammers!! How much weight are you pushing?
Damn kittens, they are cute.
650kg/1400. My buddy (Sam Solomi aka 'PhatMuscle) posted a video of him doing 20 reps. I stopped at 12 (MIGHT have had 15 in me)
Wow. You have a lifetime of being strong behind you!
46 years this August. 25+ as a strong mofo
It is awesome, stay healthy brother, and you will be pushing that big iron deep into your 80s
61 years old this year. That's the plan
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sorry but you got a fat cat
lolthe little one needs a thread in our pets Sub @MarkNV
post please
https://www.evolutionary.org/forums/forums/pet-pictures.251/
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Forearms look thick in that pic, and with the weight you’ve been moving lately it makes sense. Crazy big loads in training are clearly carrying over into your look, I love the thickness.
@Mobster arms are big and ripped for sure. looks like you are pumping some big size. no joke your training
Beast
bros you like to pump it hardcore. @Mobster , that's what I respect about, you. You dedicated like this is your job.
You are pumping the iron like a true champion. these are some GOAT workouts. you put in a lot of effort into them @Mobster
looking big for sure @Mobster This is an impressive update. You could easily strangle someone.
Small world, I knew Sam back in the day. Big old unit!
Thursday
'Light' arm day
Concentration Curls
to 15kg/33lbs x 12 then a d/set of 7.5kg x 20. Nice pump
Tricep Pressdowns
Tried 19.5p but I peaked last time. Dropped to 14p x 8 and a d/set of 7p x 20
3-Inch Wrist Roller
Blip style. 20kg x 20, 40kg x 20 and set up + 70kg/154lbs x 15. Drop set to +40kg x 20 and b/s x 40
Joints aching again
'Light' arm day
Concentration Curls
to 15kg/33lbs x 12 then a d/set of 7.5kg x 20. Nice pump
Tricep Pressdowns
Tried 19.5p but I peaked last time. Dropped to 14p x 8 and a d/set of 7p x 20
3-Inch Wrist Roller
Blip style. 20kg x 20, 40kg x 20 and set up + 70kg/154lbs x 15. Drop set to +40kg x 20 and b/s x 40
Joints aching again
Looks like a great pump!
@Mobster Forearms are looking huge!
@Mobster looking like a tank brother!!! Keep killing it!!!
That's a huge lift mob
Beast!!
Now i see how you are able to bend iron rods
Having HUGE IT issues. Carrier delivering the router for my new faster service provider hasn't. And, in spite of going out and buying one, the live service isn't. Complaints have gone in and fkin off their CS as pointless. I don't want apologies and assurances I want a working router and IT access. Training logged and will be pasted here when I'm not using my phone to reply. I'll try and do more catching up via the phone thru the day.
Monday
Taking more of a higher rep approach for a bit.
Hatfield Squat
130kg x 10, 230kg x 10 and 330kg/726lbs x 8
Leg Press
200, 400 and 600kg/1320lbs x 15 (felt last set).
Lying Leg Curls
8p x 12 and 16p x 10 r/p
S/s
Leg Extensions
2 x 20 x stack (might work to 3 x 20)
Taking more of a higher rep approach for a bit.
Hatfield Squat
130kg x 10, 230kg x 10 and 330kg/726lbs x 8
Leg Press
200, 400 and 600kg/1320lbs x 15 (felt last set).
Lying Leg Curls
8p x 12 and 16p x 10 r/p
S/s
Leg Extensions
2 x 20 x stack (might work to 3 x 20)
That is a solid training session
Tuesday
I may be stressing over piss poor IT provider and carrier service but training de-stresses us all
Seated Press
Bar x 15, 50kg x 15 and 70kg/154lbs x 15
Rear Delt Machine Work
2p, 4p, 6p and 8p (79kg/174lbs) x 15
Standard Wrist Roller - Extensors
11.25kg x 3 x 3. Nice Extensor pump
I may be stressing over piss poor IT provider and carrier service but training de-stresses us all
Seated Press
Bar x 15, 50kg x 15 and 70kg/154lbs x 15
Rear Delt Machine Work
2p, 4p, 6p and 8p (79kg/174lbs) x 15
Standard Wrist Roller - Extensors
11.25kg x 3 x 3. Nice Extensor pump
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205kg big one @Mobster for the kid
I think he could've done 2 reps
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impressive
Kid is the UK’s future Mobster Beast!!!impressive
Worked with a buddy on bench and put another through a leg workout from hell inc a death set of 73 reps on leg press
Friday
Close Grip Bench Press
Bar x 20, 40kg x 20, 60kg x 20, 80kg x 15 and 100kg/220lbs x 15
Lat Pulldowns
1/2 stack x 20 and stack x 15
Thick Handled Dumbbell Work
75kg etc x 1, 3 and 1
@Mobster the girl on the left seems aggravated. she is like "ugh these guys hog up all this space" lol. she is pretty cute though
bros dayum @Mobster That is some big weight right there. You training them well
looks good if you ask me. nice motivation from you. nice encouragement @Mobster
@Mobster if you looked over my shoulder like that while i was training i would probably elbow you . keep your distance always. i don't like people breathing down my neck or in my space
i've always wondered why they call these skullcrushers. Is it because you run the risk of dropping it and crushing your skull? Or is it something else like the motion? @MobsterThursday
Hammer Dumbbell Curls
Tò 35kg/77lbs x 25 reps. Yep pumped
S/s
Skull Crushers
To 69kg/152lbs x 15
Three Inch Wrist Roller
To 70kg/154lbs x 20
@Mobster kids following in your footsteps!
Hell yea! That’s what it’s about
Monday
Trained with Gareth F. All he did was squat. Also still (fkin saga now) having IT issues. F sake
Hatfield Squat
130kg x 10, 240kg x 10 and 330kg/726lbs x 9
Leg Press
200kg x 17, 400kg x 17 and 600kg/1320lbs x 17
Lying Leg Curls
8p x 12 and 19 x 11 r/p reps
S/s
Leg Extension
Stack x 20, 15 and 15
Trained with Gareth F. All he did was squat. Also still (fkin saga now) having IT issues. F sake
Hatfield Squat
130kg x 10, 240kg x 10 and 330kg/726lbs x 9
Leg Press
200kg x 17, 400kg x 17 and 600kg/1320lbs x 17
Lying Leg Curls
8p x 12 and 19 x 11 r/p reps
S/s
Leg Extension
Stack x 20, 15 and 15
Note her feet. More like she's wet
Tuesday
IT problems all week. Don't get me started. The new service is even slower so I'll keep the engineer appt (when the bloody provider deigns to tell me when it is) coming.
On the higher volume
Seated Press
bar x 20, 40kg x 18, 55kg x 18 and 70kg/154lbs x 18
Rear Delt Machine Work
b*allsed this up by starting too low. Worked to 79kg/152lbs x 18
Standard Sized Wrist Roller
15kg/33lbs x 3 x 1 reps (3 x 2 next time)
IT problems all week. Don't get me started. The new service is even slower so I'll keep the engineer appt (when the bloody provider deigns to tell me when it is) coming.
On the higher volume
Seated Press
bar x 20, 40kg x 18, 55kg x 18 and 70kg/154lbs x 18
Rear Delt Machine Work
b*allsed this up by starting too low. Worked to 79kg/152lbs x 18
Standard Sized Wrist Roller
15kg/33lbs x 3 x 1 reps (3 x 2 next time)
Spoke to her today (Bethan) in regards to chest work. I'd overheard her asking. She denied it, then didn't and then spent 10 minutes looking very directly at me with her brown eyes while offered tips. Run away.... lolNote her feet. More like she's wet
I've been noticing the internet has been dropping a lot on the past 6 or 7 podcasts. Must be really windy up there in the outter realm right now LOL
Cos I live in the 'valley's' most of the power and phone cables are overhead vs in the ground. And even the fibre, in the ground, comes via a pole to the building. So any half decent wind and or rain blows it about and it can cut out.
I'm fairly sure I need a better connection via where the wire comes in through my front door (it's copper wire there) to the socket etc. Plus, when you first log on via a new set up you get initial lag. I'll recheck the speed and, if need be, bite the bullet fee wise (I'll bitch lol) and take it in lieu of a fibre connection into the building and a better socket connection. The provider said I'd get 11x my old speed and a quick check earlier showed its was half as fast as the old one. So from crap to really crap lol
Yes you're the connection into your building is just as important as the outdoor line. You are limited by the speed of the lowest quality wire, weakest link in the chair per se.
How far does the fibre line stop in relation to where your Internet connection is?
What kind of internet speeds is the company quoting you? Like what are you paying for?
Have you ever considered starlink with the local internet being so unreliable?
I think, apart from recent issues, it's part fibre and part copper from the pole. Then copper only (you can see the strands where we had to rewire it when we installed my steel security doors) through the window above the main door into the property. Then standard phone wire (so still strands of copper) to the decade plus old socket. That was here when I arrived.
Engineer is (I'm waiting on confirmation of the booking) tomorrow or Friday. I think I need a full fibre or part fibre full connection door to nearby office and new broadband only socket. I'm hardwired to the modem/router.
I live in and own what was a former social club so get NO signal from the router in my middle or top floor. Heck I barely get one in the next room lol. That said the router I bought myself MIGHT act (as they suggested) as a 'bridge'. Ideally I'd have hardwired connections to each floor (there's a dumb waiter shaft in one of the old club bars (1 of 3 bars) that goes all the way up) then wifi on each floor. The building is part old stone etc so signal doesn't pass through walls like it would with sheet rock, plasterboard etc.
I've got a guess that the engineer will think I've lived in the stone age compared to most.
Engineer is (I'm waiting on confirmation of the booking) tomorrow or Friday. I think I need a full fibre or part fibre full connection door to nearby office and new broadband only socket. I'm hardwired to the modem/router.
I live in and own what was a former social club so get NO signal from the router in my middle or top floor. Heck I barely get one in the next room lol. That said the router I bought myself MIGHT act (as they suggested) as a 'bridge'. Ideally I'd have hardwired connections to each floor (there's a dumb waiter shaft in one of the old club bars (1 of 3 bars) that goes all the way up) then wifi on each floor. The building is part old stone etc so signal doesn't pass through walls like it would with sheet rock, plasterboard etc.
I've got a guess that the engineer will think I've lived in the stone age compared to most.
Damn Bru
Oh wow.. connections and a telephone wire...that's bad bro. No wonder. Those connections will add resistance to the line further slowing the already snail pace speeds of a twisted pair copper phone wire haha. I thought when you said copper you atleast had some rg6 cable tv wire.
Telephone wire is only capable of 25mbps download speed if I remember right, but your setup sounds even slower than that.
When you click on a picture does it appear slowly in horizontal bars? Only us older guys will get that joke lol
What's downloading a pic ha ha.
Even my cell stuff can be annoying and I can see the effing mast ffs lol
reminds me of when i was a teen using AOL you've got mail dialup. I think mobster is slightly faster then that lol. and that was in the mid 90's
imagine if the brits had taken over the world, we all would still be using dial up internet. they are really bad at that shit i guess
in the USA we would refer to your setup as a hillbilly living in a deep red state. west virginia comes to mind. i'm sure they have the same internets problems there lol
when the engineer shows up put him in a vice grip and tell him either he fixes your internets or you will squeeze harder and harder or sic the cats on him lol
You understand that he asked me to be there right? And the whole point is to be in their face and get them to do their best. Vs you vibing off what gets YOU to lift hard.
In fact you're NOT liking it might be kinda the point. It gets you annoyed. Which might be just enough to get you to break a personal record.
It's not like anyone would want this in any normal situation. Like at the supermarket lol
I'm old enough to remember the buzzing from the modem.
It's been more or less the same since I moved in. So 13 years with no update. I don't 'do' TV so have no dish, cable etc
i think getting this fixed is a good investment. one day you may rent it out or sell it. it will boost your property value to have proper internet. so might as well spend a little money and get it resolved even if you need to hire your own person like BeMe to come in and fix it once and for all
Or Todd. Lots of stuff to do and on that list might be an upgrade (or new) to the PC
i would still get upset. i don't like people near me. keep atleast 6 foot distance even if you spot me. no telling what kind of disease you might have plus people smell
Well there's always the power rack.
yeah i generally don't need a spotter anyway. i am very independent minded
It's all on us to do the work 100%
I've never relied on a training partner etc. With the odd exception (320kg bench and the 1000+lbs squats) I don't need a spotter. However, if I want all I need to do is ask.
I would rather the weight fall on me and break my neck then ask for a spotter. that is very beta to do .. i'm an alpha
I've said many times here and on the podcast anyone that needs to say it isn't. It should be obvious to others if you are an A type personality - if only by vibe. True A types don't go around saying it they just are.
If, as you say, you'd rather fail and get hurt that's fine. If, and it's obviously unlikely (5000 miles away being one reason) it every happened I'd be sure to remember you didn't want help and let you be. I would argue that you MIGHT (it's not a given) lose out training wise. There are several training techniques (forced reps being one) where you MUST have help. That and others mean those using them push harder into growth and strength. Look at the real biggest and strongest men ever - even what we might call the most alpha - and see if they don't get an assist to help them be better. Even BM talks about ganging up to take down a 'big dog' (prison talk). And, of course, here you are on a group forum getting support, if only by being encouraged on your journey, vs not being here.
Plus there's no actual 'alpha' science thing. It came from a study on wolves. With what was initially thought of as a pack leader (aka 'the alpha dog' idea) was false. For a start they took turns leading the pack and even so-called pack leaders ensured the old, weak and so on were in the pack. The pack only moved as quickly as the slowest. They DO have a dominance thing regarding who got to eat the first share of a meal.
For years here we'd have the 'I'm well 'ard (hard) me' mob. And yes they could be a bit naughty. Then, as I'm sure we all have, we meet someone who makes no noise about it at all, who is a properly full blown ass kicking boss. Usually quite, respectful, never brags, rarely has tatts and big muscle (that's me fucked lol) but wold bury us both and go to the shops after.
In reality, and I'd echo SOME things you've said here, in other posts and in logs etc as being as true of me as they are of you. I live alone (plus pets), I'm not married (although I am in a relationship). I could do a LOT better in terms of my family relationships (but a lot can say that). I'm the eldest of what was (2 died) 4 boys and so am used to being the leader type. In almost every job I've had, esp if the sh&t hit the fan I was 'that guy'. Equally, as someone over 60, I think of myself as too fkin old to worry too much what others think about me for the most part. Why would I? They don't pay my bills, cook my food, lift my weights and so on. So why fret
I've also said on the shows, and here I think you'd be good to go too, it's YOU that does the gym work. YOU that puts that food in your mouth. YOU that gets to the gym again and again. Not that guy, not his mum, not with excuses, but YOU. Working your ass off to do the sh&t you love every damned day.
What we do here is share that love. Often more here than when at the gym. I'm a little bit of both. When I'm actually under the bar it's ALL ME. I don't hear the music, notice who's looking, forget stresses and life sh*t and just grind. But between... need a spot? Ask. What me to use 'that voice' (like a drill Sgt) to get you an extra rep or a PB? Ask. I've bitched, as many do, about something missing from a gym and then gone and spent my own cash to add it to the gym for all, inc me, to benefit from. Cos I can and want to
He has access to a fibre connection. It's his side that's the problem lol. We've now determined that haha
i think he lives in a castle with a moat.
Because he said former social club I see more of a cobble stone street in a little town with horse drawn carriages lol
its like 400 years old and is haunted by like 30 ghosts.
Of cats lol
Thursday
Busy day recording podcasts (3 - most we've done in a day). Back popped a bit as I was doing the curls. So stretched etc.
Concentration Curls
super light warm up x 20, 5kg x 20, 10kg x 20 and 15kg (nice ache and pump) x 20 (squeezed the last few out on both arms)
s/s
Tricep Pressdowns
LPD 4p x 20, 8p x 20, MA mach (LPD was in use) stack x 20
One Arm Tricep Kickbacks
MA mach 3p x 20, 4p x 20 and 5p x R16/15L
Standing BB Wrist Curls
(I'll be alternating these with the 3-inch Wrist Roller
Foreatrm pumped to 16.75-inch (biggest previously was 17)
Busy day recording podcasts (3 - most we've done in a day). Back popped a bit as I was doing the curls. So stretched etc.
Concentration Curls
super light warm up x 20, 5kg x 20, 10kg x 20 and 15kg (nice ache and pump) x 20 (squeezed the last few out on both arms)
s/s
Tricep Pressdowns
LPD 4p x 20, 8p x 20, MA mach (LPD was in use) stack x 20
One Arm Tricep Kickbacks
MA mach 3p x 20, 4p x 20 and 5p x R16/15L
Standing BB Wrist Curls
(I'll be alternating these with the 3-inch Wrist Roller
Foreatrm pumped to 16.75-inch (biggest previously was 17)
lol all your past cats still live there
I assure you if we ever met you would bow down to me. I am a true alpha in every sense of the word. of course i will say it proudly
3 podcasts and a solid arm day. Pretty productive day for a retiree lol
Friday
No gym buddy. Fine last night and no sign today. Tw*t. Had to slow down cos reps was cardio lol
Close Grip Bench Press
bar x 20, 40kg x 20, 60kg x 20, 80kg x 20 (hard work) and 100kg x 17 (6 then pause, 6 then pause and 5)
Mid Iso Row
40kg x 20, 60kg x 20 and 75kg x 20
Thick Handled Dumbbell
RH: set up 80kg x 1, 2 and 1+1
No gym buddy. Fine last night and no sign today. Tw*t. Had to slow down cos reps was cardio lol
Close Grip Bench Press
bar x 20, 40kg x 20, 60kg x 20, 80kg x 20 (hard work) and 100kg x 17 (6 then pause, 6 then pause and 5)
Mid Iso Row
40kg x 20, 60kg x 20 and 75kg x 20
Thick Handled Dumbbell
RH: set up 80kg x 1, 2 and 1+1
I'm supposed to be doing less lol
Atleast YOU'RE chosing what YOU do now vs the bank account dictating it. That's real freedom right there.
I'm surprised your Internet connection was able to handle 3 entire podcasts lol
Amazing forearms I wish I had separation and size like that in mine!
I’ve never had a training partner either I’ve been grabbing a random spotter lately though for my last set while doing Mentzer Heavy Duty.
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